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Causes of Wide Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis
Physiologic:
 • Advanced age-arteriosclerosis (less compliant arteries)
 • Well
Causes of Wide Pulse ... sclerosis (both heart valve ... High output heart failure ... - Chronic pulmonary ... #causes #cardiology
Parasternal Short Axis (PSAX) at the level of the Aortic Valve

Phased array transducer; parasternal short axis/indicator
Valve Phased ... heart strain (pulmonary ... echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #POCUS ... #labeled #anatomy
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Hyperkalemia Pulmonary ... Tachy-Brady syndrome • Aortic ... Valve Endocarditis ... #causes #cardiology
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
disorders: - Aortic ... regurgitation - Aortic ... sclerosis (both heart valve ... High output heart failure ... #cardiology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
CA • Involves aortic ... New-onset Heart Failure ... Cerebral > Splenic, pulmonary ... Treat underlying cause ... #management #cardiology
Papillary muscle rupture on POCUS Echocardiogram - A4C

Rare case! 70M recent MI with acute resp failure
with acute resp failure ... and pulmonary edema ... Labeled Video ... Echocardiogram #A4C #clinical ... #cardiology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Congestive heart failure ... • Mitral valve ... disease (e.g., aortic ... Pheochromocytoma • Pulmonary ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential Diagnosis ... excretion (e.g., urine ... of lactate as a clinical ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... output - Acute pulmonary
Intracardiac Rhabdomyomas on Echocardiogram

Huge cardiac masses...initially diagnosed in utero, mass just beneath the aortic valve Anguished
Huge cardiac masses ... ...initially diagnosed ... just beneath the aortic ... valve Anguished ... #cardiology #pocus
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Ovarian CA, involves aortic ... New-onset heart failure ... Cerebral > Splenic, Pulmonary ... Septic emboli cause ... #cardiology #infectiousdiseases